If you took NEET UG 2026 and applied for Telangana state quota or management quota seats, this update matters: the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS), Warangal, has released the state merit list naming 38,021 candidates eligible to proceed toward MBBS and BDS counselling. This is the document that turns your NEET score into a Telangana-specific rank, which is what actually decides your seat during state counselling — not your All India Rank alone. The list covers seats under the 85% state quota as well as management quota seats in both government and private medical and dental colleges in Telangana. For anyone on this list, the next few steps — checking your details and being ready for the grievance and choice-filling windows — are worth doing carefully and early.
Being on the Telangana merit list is only the starting point — verify your rank, category and local status now, and be ready to raise grievances before web option filling opens for Round 1 seat allotment.
What KNRUHS has actually released
The Telangana NEET UG 2026 merit list is a rank-ordered PDF containing the state merit rank of every candidate from Telangana (or otherwise eligible under Telangana's quota rules) who qualified NEET UG and applied for the state's MBBS/BDS counselling process.
This list is separate from your NEET All India Rank. KNRUHS recalculates a state-specific rank using its own eligibility and reservation rules, and this state rank is what will be used for seat allotment rounds within Telangana.
- Conducting authority: Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS), Warangal
- Candidates on the list: 38,021
- Courses covered: MBBS and BDS
- Quotas covered: 85% state quota and private college management quota seats
- Where to check: knruhs.telangana.gov.in
Why this list matters more than your NEET score alone
NEET UG gives you a national score and an All India Rank, but state counselling authorities like KNRUHS apply their own domicile, category and reservation rules to produce a separate merit position. Two candidates with identical NEET marks can end up with very different Telangana state ranks depending on local status, category certificates, and quota eligibility.
This is exactly why the merit list — not just your raw NEET result — is the number that will decide which government or private college seat you can realistically aim for in Telangana's counselling rounds.
What listed candidates should check right now
Before choice filling begins, every candidate on the list should treat this as a data-verification step, not a formality. Errors in category, local status or personal details at this stage can affect seat eligibility later, so they need to be caught and corrected now.
- Confirm your name, roll number and NEET application details match exactly
- Check your All India Rank as well as your Telangana state merit rank
- Verify your category (SC/ST/OBC/EWS/General) and any PwBD status is recorded correctly
- Confirm your local/non-local status, since this affects 85% state quota eligibility
- Note down your rank position relative to previous years' closing ranks for colleges you're targeting
The grievance window before the final rank list
KNRUHS has indicated it will open a redressal mechanism for candidates to flag discrepancies before the final rank list is locked for counselling. This is the only realistic window to get corrections made — once the final list feeds into web option submission and document verification, changes become far harder.
If your listed details don't match your application form, your category certificate, or your local status documents, raise it through the official grievance process as soon as it opens rather than waiting.
What comes after the merit list
Candidates confirmed on the final rank list move into the standard Telangana counselling sequence: online web option entry (choosing preferred colleges and courses in order), followed by seat allotment based on rank, category and quota, and then physical document verification for anyone allotted a seat in Round 1.
Because seats in government medical and dental colleges are limited and highly sought after, the order in which you list your college and course preferences during web options matters. It's worth researching cutoff trends for Telangana's colleges from recent years before this window opens, rather than filling choices at the last minute.
2 minute · Free preview
Which MBBS colleges can your NEET rank actually get?
See the real colleges your rank can reach — every state and All India Quota — with official closing ranks and the exact fee for each seat.
See My CollegesFrequently asked questions
Where can I check the Telangana NEET UG 2026 merit list?
It is available as a PDF on the official KNRUHS website, knruhs.telangana.gov.in, under the admissions or notifications section.
How many candidates are on this list?
38,021 candidates who qualified NEET UG have been listed with their Telangana state merit rank.
Does my All India Rank matter for Telangana counselling?
Your NEET AIR is the base score, but Telangana counselling uses a separate state merit rank calculated by KNRUHS based on local status, category and quota rules, and that state rank is what determines seat allotment within the state.
What seats does this merit list cover?
It covers MBBS and BDS seats under the 85% state quota, plus management quota seats in both government and private medical and dental colleges in Telangana.
What if there's an error in my listed details?
KNRUHS is expected to open a grievance redressal window before finalising the rank list — use that window to report any mismatch in your name, category, rank or local status rather than waiting until counselling begins.
What happens after the final rank list is confirmed?
Eligible candidates move to online web option submission for college and course preferences, followed by rank-based seat allotment and physical document verification for those allotted seats in Round 1.
If you're on this list, don't just note your rank and move on — cross-check every detail against your application and be ready to act during the grievance window if something looks off. Keep an eye on the KNRUHS website for the exact dates of web option filling and Round 1 document verification, since Telangana's counselling timeline typically moves quickly once the final rank list is out.
Plan your admission with free AI tools
Turn your NEET score into a rank, then into the exact colleges you can get.